Born from the request of the customer!
"When you think of Ghana, it's chocolate!"
A chocolate soap with excellent moisturizing power was born because it is produced in Ghana, the production area of cacao and shea butter, using plenty of natural ingredients that make such real chocolate.
It is a rich soap with plenty of cocoa butter and shea butter. It removes dirt while moisturizing, so it can be used on the whole body, from face wash to body.
【Recommended for people like this】
It is recommended for everyone with sensitive skin, sensitive skin, and infants.
It is recommended for those who are concerned about dryness, such as tightness after washing and itchy skin.
1. Soap is gentle on the skin
Soap, unlike synthetic surfactants, can be washed off with warm water and does not remain on the skin.
Therefore, it does not exfoliate carelessly.
Some synthetic surfactants, such as sodium laureth sulfate and sodium lauryl sulfate used in liquid soaps, have stronger cleaning power than necessary, dissolve proteins on the surface of the skin and deprive the skin of sebum.
This state of being deprived of more sebum than necessary is the tightness of the skin after washing the face.
Repeated face and body washing in this way can cause skin problems by making the stratum corneum brittle.
Simply switching to bar soap can improve skin condition.
2. Soap is environmentally friendly
Synthetic surfactants cannot be decomposed by microorganisms, but soap can be decomposed in 24 hours.
Therefore, it is free from water pollution and is very environmentally friendly.
Soap is said to have originated around 3000 BC when nomads grilled sheep meat over firewood, and sheep's oil fell on the alkaline ash, and soap happened to be made.
The soil has come to be valued as a mysterious soil that removes dirt.
In this way, wood ash was mixed with various oils and boiled to make soap, which has a history of more than 5,000 years.
3. Cold process manufacturing method
Cold-process soap is like a "bean-to-bar" in chocolate.
Ordinary chocolate is made by pastry chefs who purchase couverture for confectionery that has already been made as chocolate dough from the manufacturer and melt it, but "Bean to Bar" is a consistent process in-house from the selection of cacao beans, which are the raw materials.
The same is true for soaps made by the cold process method.
Commercially available soap is made by making flakes that have already become soap, and then kneading them with a machine to add color and fragrance.
On the other hand, cold-process soaps are made slowly and slowly by selecting and blending oils, herbs, and essential oils, reacting with alkalis, and using only the reaction heat generated during saponification.
It starts with the preparation of the oil, and it takes one month to dry, so it cannot be used immediately after production.
In the meantime, it also takes up space to store.
Since we use Mr./Ms.'s oil, the cost of raw materials is high and it takes time to manufacture, so mass production is not possible.
Therefore, soaps made by the cold process method are not easily distributed to the general market.
In addition, there is also a method called the hot process method, in which a pot is cooked over a fire and saponified while heating.
This is to speed up the saponification reaction, and it is often used to make olive oil-based soap, which takes a long time to saponify in the cold process method.
This method can lead to the loss of active ingredients in heat-sensitive raw materials.
Cold process soap is an old-fashioned method of making soap that makes the most of the goodness of the ingredients and reflects the commitment of the maker.
[More than 5 years in development]
The development of this chocolate soap took five years.
This is because it started with the cultivation of a new soap maker in Ghana.
We support local female entrepreneurs in Ghana by training women who want to start a business in the skincare business, developing products together, purchasing them, and selling them.